This information page lists the most recent fatal airline accidents in the subregion. Accidents with no fatalities are not listed. You will also find below an updated list of airlines subject to flight restrictions in certain countries.
Date | Crash location | Airline Aircraft (reg. number) | Passengers Fatalities aboard Killed on the ground |
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List updated regularly. | |||
2018 6 Mar | ![]() Latakia | Military - Russian Air Force Antonov An-26 (RF-92955/52) | 39 39 / 0 |
2015 18 Jan | ![]() Near Abu adh Dhuhur Air Base | Syrian Air Force Antonov An-26 (?) | 37 37 / 0 |
1975 20 Aug | ![]() Near Damascus | Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie Ilyushin IL-62 (OK-DBF) | 128 126 / 0 |
1974 9 Aug | ![]() Diemas | Military - Canadian Air Force de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo (115461) | 9 9 / 0 |
1967 6 Feb | ![]() Aleppo | Syrian Arab Airlines Douglas DC-3 (YK-ACB) | 19 1 / 0 |
1965 10 Apr | ![]() Near Damascus | Alia Royal Jordanian Airlines Handley Page Dart Herald 207 (JY-ACQ) | 54 54 / 0 |
1956 24 Feb | ![]() Near Aleppo | Syrian Airways Douglas DC-3 (YK-AAE) | 19 19 / 0 |
1953 21 Dec | ![]() Dah-el-Kadeeb | Syrian Airways Douglas DC-3 (YK-AAF) | 15 9 / 0 |
1952 22 Dec | ![]() Damascus | Syrian Air Douglas DC-3 (?) | 0 9 / 0 |
1947 19 Jun | ![]() Al Mayadin | Pan American World Airways Lockheed 049-46-21 Constellation (NC88845) | 36 14 / 0 |
Date | Crash location | Airline Aircraft (reg. number) | Passengers Fatalities aboard Killed on the ground |
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List updated regularly. | |||
2020 5 Feb | ![]() Istanbul | Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-86J (TC-IZK) | 177 3 / 0 |
2020 8 Jan | ![]() Near Shahriah | Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-8KV WL (UR-PSR ) | 176 176 / 0 |
2019 14 Jan | ![]() Karaj | Saha Air Boeing 707-3J9C (EP-CPP) | 16 15 / 0 |
2018 18 Feb | ![]() Kohangan village | Iran Aseman Airlines ATR 72-212 (EP-ATS) | 66 66 / 0 |
2017 10 Mar | ![]() Istanbul | Swan Aviation Sikorsky S-76C (TC-HEZ) | 7 7 / 0 |
2016 19 May | ![]() 175 miles off the Egyptian coast | EgyptAir Airbus A320-232 (SU-GCC) | 66 66 / 0 |
2015 31 Oct | ![]() Near Hasna | Metrojet Airbus A321-231 (EI-ETJ) | 224 224 / 0 |
2014 10 Aug | ![]() Tehran | Sepahan Airlines HESA Iran-140-100 (EP-GPA) | 48 39 / 0 |
2011 9 Jan | ![]() Orumiyeh | Iran Air Boeing B-727-286 (EP-IRP ) | 105 77 / 0 |
2009 24 Jul | ![]() Mashad | Aria Airlines Ilyushin Il-62M (UP-16208) | 153 16 / 0 |
2009 15 Jul | ![]() Near Qazvin | Caspian Airlines Tupolev 154M (EP-CPG) | 168 168 / 0 |
2009 20 Feb | ![]() Luxor | Aerolift Antonov 12V (S9-SVN) | 5 5 / 0 |
2009 15 Feb | ![]() Near Isfahan/Shahin Shahr-Hesa Air Base | HESA HESA IrAn-140-100 (HESA90-04) | 5 5 / 0 |
2008 13 Nov | ![]() Fallujah | Falcon Aviation Group Antonov An-12 (S9-SAO) | 7 7 / 0 |
2007 30 Nov | ![]() Near Isparta | Atlasjet Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (TC-AKM) | 57 57 / 0 |
2007 22 Aug | ![]() Near Kirkuk | Military - U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helilcopter (?) | 14 14 / 0 |
2007 6 May | ![]() Near El-Thamad | Military - French Air Force de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (742/CB) | 9 9 / 0 |
2007 20 Jan | ![]() Near Baghdad | Military - US Army Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk (?) | 12 12 / 0 |
2007 9 Jan | ![]() Near Balad Air Base | Moldovan Aeriantur-M Air Cargo Antonov 26B-100 (ER-26068) | 35 34 / 0 |
2006 27 Nov | ![]() Tehran | Military - Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Air Force Antonov 74T-200 (15-2255) | 38 38 / 0 |
2006 1 Sep | ![]() Mahad | Iran Air Tours Tupolev Tu-154M (EP-MCF) | 148 29 / 0 |
2006 9 Jan | ![]() Near Orumiyeh | Military - Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Air Force Dassault Falcon 20 (15-2233) | 11 11 / 0 |
2006 7 Jan | ![]() Near Tal Afar | Military - US Army UH-60L Black Hawk (91-26346) | 12 12 / 0 |
2005 6 Dec | ![]() Tehran | Military - Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force Lockheed C-130B Hercules (5-8512) | 94 94 / 14 |
2005 21 Apr | ![]() Near Baghdad | Military - Bulgarian Mil Mi-8 (?) | 11 11 / 0 |
2005 20 Apr | ![]() Tehran | Saha Airline Services Boeing B-707-3J9C (EP-SHE) | 169 3 / 0 |
2005 30 Jan | ![]() Near Al Taji | Military - Royal Air Force Lockheed Hercules C.1 (XV179) | 10 10 / 0 |
2005 26 Jan | ![]() Rutbah | Military - U.S. Marines CH53E Sea Stallion (164536) | 31 31 / 0 |
2004 3 Jan | ![]() Off Sharm el Sheikh | Flash Air Boeing B-737-3Q8 (SU-ZCF) | 148 148 / 0 |
2003 15 Nov | ![]() Mosul | Military - U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk / UH-60 Black Hawk (? / ?) | 22 17 / 0 |
2003 2 Nov | ![]() Near Hasi | Military - U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook (?) | 36 15 / 0 |
2003 25 Jun | ![]() Near Rudshour | Military - Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules (?) | 7 7 / 0 |
2003 26 May | ![]() Near Macka | Ukranian-Mediterranean Airlines Yakovlev 42D (UR-42352) | 75 75 / 0 |
2003 8 Jan | ![]() Diyarbakir | Turkish Airlines (THY) BAe Avro RJ-100 (TC-THG) | 80 75 / 0 |
2002 23 Dec | ![]() Near Isfanan | Aeromist-Kharkiv Antonov AN-140 (UR-14003) | 44 44 / 0 |
2002 12 Feb | ![]() Near Khorramabed | Iran Air Tours Tupolev TU-154 (EP-MBS) | 117 117 / 0 |
2001 17 May | ![]() Near Sari | Faraz Qeshm Airlines Yakovlev YAK-40 (EP-TQP) | 30 30 / 0 |
2001 16 May | ![]() Malatya | Military - Turkish Air Force CASA CN-235M-10 (?) | 34 34 / 0 |
2000 26 Jul | ![]() Mafraq | Military - Royal Jordanian Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules (348) | 13 13 / 0 |
2000 2 Feb | ![]() Tehran | Military - Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules (?) | 8 8 / 0 |
2000 25 Jan | ![]() Near Ankara | Top Air - Air Taxi Beechcraft King Air C90 (?) | 4 4 / 0 |
1999 29 Dec | ![]() Near Zonguldak | Ecuato Guineana de Aviacion Antonov 28 (3C-JJI) | 6 6 / 0 |
1999 7 Apr | ![]() Near Ceyhan | Turkish Airlines (THY) Boeing 737-4Q8 (TC-JEP) | 6 6 / 0 |
1997 13 Mar | ![]() Near Mashhad | Military - Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130HF (?) | 88 88 / 0 |
1997 4 Feb | ![]() Northern Israel | Military - Israel Air Force /Military - Israel Air Force Sikorsky CH53D / Sikorsky CH53D (357 / 903) | 73 73 / 0 |
1996 9 Jun | ![]() Rasht | Iran Air Boeing 727-286 (EP-IRU) | 7 7 / 0 |
1995 5 Jan | ![]() Isfahan | Military - Iranian Air Force Lockheed 1329 Jetstar 8 (1003) | 12 12 / 0 |
1994 29 Dec | ![]() Near Van | Turkish Airlines (THY) Boeing B-737-4Y0 (TC-JES) | 76 57 / 0 |
1994 12 Oct | ![]() Krakas Mountains | Iran Asseman Airlines Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 (EP-PAV) | 66 66 / 0 |
1994 14 Apr | ![]() Northern Iraq | Military - U.S. Army / Military U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-60 / Sikorsky UH-60 (8726000/8826060) | 26 26 / 0 |
1994 17 Mar | ![]() Near Nag | Military - Iranian Air Force Lockheed Hercules C-130 (5-8521) | 32 32 / 0 |
1993 15 Nov | ![]() Near Kerman | Magistralnye Avialinii Antonov AN-124 (RA-82071) | 17 17 / 0 |
1993 8 Feb | ![]() Near Tehran | Iran Air Tours / Military - Iranian Air Force Tupolev TU-154M / Sukhoi Su-24 (EP-ITD) | 133 133 / 0 |
1992 26 Apr | ![]() Saveh | Saha Airline Services Fokker F-27 Friendship 400M (5-8815) | 39 39 / 0 |
1991 24 May | ![]() Bakhtaran | Metro Cargo Ilyushin 76TD (LZ-INK) | 10 4 / 0 |
1989 18 Jun | ![]() Zabol | Ariana Afghan Airlines Antonov AN-26 (YA-BAK) | 39 6 / 0 |
1988 14 Dec | ![]() Near Luxor | GAS Air Boeing B-707-321C (5N-AYJ) | 8 8 / 5 |
1988 3 Jul | ![]() Over the Persian Gulf | Iran Air Airbus A300B2-203 (EP-IBU) | 290 290 / 0 |
1988 31 Mar | ![]() Cairo | Arax Airlines Douglas DC-8-55F (5N-ARH) | 4 4 / 0 |
1988 2 Jan | ![]() Izmir | Condor Flugdienst Boeing B-737-230A (D-ABHD) | 16 16 / 0 |
1987 21 Sep | ![]() Luxor | EgyptAir Airbus A.300B4-203 (SU-BCA) | 5 5 / 0 |
1986 2 Nov | ![]() Near Zahedan | Military - Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130 (?) | 103 103 / 0 |
1986 15 Oct | ![]() Shiraz | Iran Air Boeing 737-286 (EP-IRG) | 80 3 / 0 |
1986 10 Jun | ![]() Near Cairo | EgyptAir Fokker F-27 Friendship 500 (SU-GAD) | 26 23 / 0 |
1984 8 May | ![]() Elbet Beni Salama | Military - Egyptian Air Force McDonnel F-4E Phantom II (?) | 2 2 / 19 |
1984 2 Jan | ![]() Amman | Military - Royal Jordanian Air Force CASA 212-A3 Aviocar 100 (324) | 13 13 / 0 |
1983 16 Jan | ![]() Ankara | Turkish Airlines (THY) Boeing B-727-2F2 (TC-JBR) | 67 47 / 0 |
1982 13 Apr | ![]() Near Erzurum | Military - U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-130H (74-1678) | 27 27 / 0 |
1981 29 Sep | ![]() Tehran | Military - Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130H (5-158-8552) | 60 60 / 20 |
1981 22 Sep | ![]() Near Babaeski | Military - Turkish Air Force Northrop F-5A (?) | 0 0 / 40 |
1981 29 May | ![]() Cairo | Military - Egyptian Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules (SU-BAH) | 17 17 / 0 |
1980 12 Nov | ![]() Near Cairo | Military - U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-141A (67-0030) | 13 13 / 0 |
1980 24 Apr | ![]() Posht-i-Badam | Military - U.S. Air Force Lockheed EC-130E Hercules (62-1809) | 7 5 / 0 |
1980 14 Mar | ![]() Near Yenice | Military - U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-130H (74-2064) | 18 18 / 0 |
1980 21 Jan | ![]() Elburz Mtns. | Iran Air Boeing B-727-86 (EP-IRD) | 128 128 / 0 |
1979 23 Dec | ![]() Ankara | Turkish Airlines (THY) Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 (TC-JAT) | 45 41 / 0 |
1979 11 Aug | ![]() Near Katab | Bahri Aviation Learjet 35 (N711AF) | 5 5 / 0 |
1979 23 Jul | ![]() Beirut | Trans Mediterranean Airways Boeing 707-327C (OD-AFX) | 6 6 / 0 |
1978 5 Nov | ![]() Off Alexandria | Nile Delta Air Services Douglas DC-3 (SU-AZM) | 18 18 / 0 |
1977 2 Dec | ![]() Near Al Bayda | Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev TU-154B (LZ-BTN) | 165 59 / 0 |
1977 13 May | ![]() Beiruit | LOT Polish Airlines Antonov An-12BP (SP-LZA) | 9 9 / 0 |
1977 10 May | ![]() Near Jericho | Military - Israel Air Force Sikorsky CH-53D (helicopter) (360) | 54 54 / 0 |
1976 19 Sep | ![]() Karatepe Mountains | Turkish Airlines (THY) Boeing B-727-2F2 (TC-JBH) | 154 154 / 0 |
1976 2 Aug | ![]() Near Tehran | Korean Airlines Boeing 707-373 (HL7412) | 5 5 / 0 |
1975 25 Nov | ![]() Near Bir Lahfan | Military - Israel Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules (011) | 20 20 / 0 |
1975 30 Sep | ![]() Off Beirut | Malev Hungarian Airlines Tupolev TU-154B (HA-LCI) | 60 60 / 0 |
1975 30 Jan | ![]() Istanbul | Turkish Airlines (THY) Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 (TC-JAP) | 42 42 / 0 |
1974 10 Oct | ![]() Cairo | EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 (SU-AXB) | 6 6 / 0 |
1974 15 Mar | ![]() Tehran | Sterling Airways Aerospatiale Caravelle 10B3 (OY-STK) | 96 15 / 0 |
1974 28 Feb | ![]() Near Mehrabad | Military - Imperial Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130E Hercules (5-122) | 10 10 / 0 |
1974 26 Jan | ![]() Izmir | Turkish Airlines (THY) Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 (TC-JAO) | 73 66 / 0 |
1973 30 Jun | ![]() Amman | Aeroflot Tupolev TU-134A (CCCP-65668) | 85 2 / 7 |
1972 5 Dec | ![]() Beni Sueif | EgyptAir Boeing 707-336C (SU-AOW) | 6 6 / 0 |
1972 21 Jan | ![]() Near Adana | Turkish Airlines (THY) Mc Donnell Douglas DC-9-32 (TC-JAC) | 8 1 / 0 |
1969 20 Mar | ![]() Near Aswan | United Arab Airlines Ilyushin IL-18D (SU-APC) | 105 100 / 0 |
1968 19 Oct | ![]() Near Izmir | Military - Turkish Air Force Lockheed C-130E Hercules (17949) | 10 10 / 0 |
1968 18 Aug | ![]() Off Port Said | United Arab Airlines Antonov AN-24V (SU-AOL) | 40 40 / 0 |
1968 15 Jan | ![]() Zifta | United Arab Airlines Douglas DC-3 (SU-AJG) | 4 4 / 0 |
1967 18 Apr | ![]() Zarand | Military - Imperial Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130E Hercules (5-107) | 23 23 / 0 |
1967 17 Apr | ![]() Near Mamuniyeh | Military - Imperial Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130B (5-107) | 23 23 / 0 |
1967 7 Feb | ![]() Near Hourghada | Misrair Antonov AN-24 (?) | 30 30 / 0 |
1966 18 Mar | ![]() Cairo | United Arab Airlines Antonov AN-24B (SU-AOA) | 30 30 / 0 |
1965 7 Jul | ![]() Cairo | Military - Soviet Air Force Antonov AN-12 (?) | 31 30 / 0 |
1965 20 May | ![]() Cairo | Pakistan International Airlines Boeing B-720-040B (AP-AMH) | 127 121 / 0 |
1964 3 Feb | ![]() Near Ankara | Turkish Airlines (THY) Douglas C-47A (TC-ETI) | 3 3 / 0 |
1963 15 Dec | ![]() Cairo | Misrair Vickers 634 Viking 1B (SU-AFK) | 6 6 / 0 |
1963 15 Dec | ![]() Cairo | Misrair Vickers 634 Viking 1B (SU-AFK) | 6 6 / 0 |
1963 18 Oct | ![]() Near Aswan | Military - Soviet Air Force Antonov AN-12 (?) | 31 31 / 0 |
1963 18 Oct | ![]() Near Aswan | Military - Soviet Air Force Antonov AN-12 (?) | 31 31 / 0 |
1963 12 May | ![]() Near Ayayda | United Arab Airlines Douglas DC-3 (SU-AJX) | 34 34 / 0 |
1963 12 May | ![]() Near Ayayda | United Arab Airlines Douglas DC-3 (SU-AJX) | 34 34 / 0 |
1963 15 Mar | ![]() Near Karai | Middle East Airlines Avro 685 York C1 (OD-ACZ) | 4 4 / 0 |
1963 15 Mar | ![]() Near Karai | Middle East Airlines Avro 685 York C1 (OD-ACZ) | 4 4 / 0 |
1963 1 Feb | ![]() Ankara | Middle East Airlines / Military - Turkish Air ForceC-47 Vickers Viscount 754D / Douglas C-47 (OD-ADE/ CBK-28) | 17 17 / 87 |
1963 1 Feb | ![]() Ankara | Middle East Airlines / Military - Turkish Air ForceC-47 Vickers Viscount 754D / Douglas C-47 (OD-ADE/ CBK-28) | 17 17 / 87 |
1962 15 May | ![]() Near Cairo | United Arab Airlines Douglas DC-3 (SU-AJM) | 3 3 / 0 |
1962 8 Mar | ![]() Mt. Medetsiz | Turkish Airlines (THY) Fairchild F-27 (TC-KOP) | 11 11 / 0 |
1961 21 Dec | ![]() Ankara | British European Airways de Havilland Comet 4B (G-ARJM) | 34 27 / 0 |
1961 23 Sep | ![]() Ankara | Turkish Airlines (THY) Fokker F-27 Friendship 100 (TC-TAY) | 29 28 / 0 |
1961 12 Jun | ![]() Cairo | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Lockheed L-188C Electra (PH-LLM) | 36 20 / 0 |
1960 19 Jan | ![]() Ankara | Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) Sud Aviation Caravelle 1 (OY-KRB) | 42 42 / 0 |
1959 21 Nov | ![]() Beirut | Ariana Afghan Airlines Douglas DC-4 (YA-BAG) | 27 24 / 0 |
1959 23 Apr | ![]() Van | Air Charter Avro 688 Super Trader (G-AGRH) | 12 12 / 0 |
1959 22 Jan | ![]() Dabouk | Air Jordan Convair CV-240-2 (JY-ACB) | 15 10 / 0 |
1958 29 Sep | ![]() Over the Mediterranean Sea | Middle East Airlines Avro 685 York I (OD-ADB) | 5 5 / 0 |
1958 7 Mar | ![]() Menzalah Lake | Misrair Vickers 628 Viking 1B (SU-AGN) | 26 8 / 0 |
1958 19 Feb | ![]() Cairo | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Douglas DC-6B (PH-DFK) | 21 1 / 0 |
1957 3 Oct | ![]() Beirut | Lebanese International Airways Curtiss C-46A-45-CU (OD-ACK) | 27 27 / 0 |
1957 20 Apr | ![]() Jirkouk | Air France Lockheed Super Constellation (F-BGNE) | 0 1 / 0 |
1957 17 Apr | ![]() Near El Quweira | Military -Royal Air Force Vickers Valetta C-Mk.1 (VW832) | 24 24 / 0 |
1956 28 Oct | ![]() Over the Mediterranean Sea | Military - Egyptian Air Force Curtiss C-46 (SU-AAB) | 23 23 / 0 |
1956 9 Sep | ![]() Amman | Jordan International Airlines Curtiss C-46A-45-CU (JY-ABV) | 57 1 / 0 |
1956 20 Feb | ![]() Near Cairo | Transport Aerien Intercontinentaux (France) Douglas DC-6B (F-BGOD) | 64 52 / 0 |
1954 15 Sep | ![]() Cairo | Misrair Vickers 634 Viking (SU-AFO) | 4 3 / 0 |
1954 3 Apr | ![]() Kabassaak | Devlet Hava Yollari Douglas DC-3 (TC-ARK) | 25 25 / 0 |
1954 5 Jan | ![]() Lapseki | Devlet Hava Yollari Douglas DC-3 (TC-BAG) | 10 4 / 0 |
1953 15 Dec | ![]() Near Cairo | Misair VC-Viking (SU-AFK) | 6 6 / 0 |
1953 25 Sep | ![]() Ankara | Devlet Hava Yollari Douglas DC-3 (TC-EGE) | 21 5 / 0 |
1953 3 Aug | ![]() Off Fethiye Point | Air France Lockheed L- 749A Constellation (F-BAZS) | 42 4 / 0 |
1953 9 Feb | ![]() Cairo | Military - Egyptian Air Force Curtiss-Wright C-46 (1001) | 35 30 / 0 |
1952 25 Dec | ![]() Tehran | Iran Air Douglas DC-3 (EP-ACJ) | 29 27 / 0 |
1951 23 Dec | ![]() Tehran | Misrair SNCASE Languedoc (SU-AHH) | 22 22 / 0 |
1951 19 Nov | ![]() Cairo | Devlet Hava Yollari Douglas DC-3 (TC-ACA) | 5 5 / 0 |
1950 1 Dec | ![]() Near Chamaran | Iran Air Douglas DC-3 (EP-AAJ) | 8 8 / 0 |
1950 14 Sep | ![]() Tehran | Iran Air Douglas DC-3 (EP-AAG) | 8 8 / 0 |
1950 31 Aug | ![]() Near Wadi Natrun | Trans World Airlines Lockheed 749A Constellation (N6004C) | 55 55 / 0 |
1950 25 Mar | ![]() Ankara | Devlet Hava Yollairi Douglas DC-3 (TC-BAL) | 15 15 / 0 |
1949 15 Jan | ![]() Ras-el-Tin | Pan African Air Charter Douglas C-54 Skymaster (ZS-AYB) | 30 30 / 0 |
1947 16 Jul | ![]() Az-Zubair | British Overseas Airways Avro 685 York (G-AGMR) | 6 6 / 0 |
1946 4 Dec | ![]() Meshed | Aeroflot Lisunov Li-2 (?) | 24 24 / 0 |
1946 23 Oct | ![]() Gebel Kalamoun | Socotra Junkers JU-52/3m (F-BCHD) | 24 1 / 0 |
1946 24 Aug | ![]() Cairo | Misrair Avro Anson (SU-ADJ) | 9 6 / 0 |